Hinge.



J. F. CUUJM.

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(Application filed Aug. 22, 1899-| ma Windel.)

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'SPEGIHGnTlZM forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,838, dated February 12, 1901.

Application filed August 22, 1899. Serial No; 728,045. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, JEREMIAH F. COLLINS, of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful linprovements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful hinge; and it consists in tihe novel features of construction and relative arrangement of parts hereinafter :fully described in this specincation, clearly illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying one sheet of drawings and the characters niarlred thereon, which form a part of this specification, lilre characters designating like 'parte lor features, as the case may be, wherever they-occur.

ln .the drawingsa ligu re l shows in perspective a hinge constructed in accordance with invention. 2 shows the manner of Vsecuring the hinge in piace.

,flhe hinge constructed in accordance withv my invention comprises a piece of metal Vformed into a general @shaped body having the oppositely-curved ends l 2. 'the two parts-4i and 5 to be hingedtogether ln practice are formed with cuts corresponding to the shape of the ends l and 2. The out in the :movable part 5 should be of slightly diierent curvature than that of the end 2, so that when the latter is sprung into place it will be retained by its own resiliency without the aid of screws. The end l slides in and out of its complemental recess about the member 6 as a pivotal center as the part 5 is moved up and down. l

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a Way of constructing and using the same, though Without at tempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metal bond or hinge formed in the general shape of the letter one of the curved ends of the said bond being adapted `to be sprung in a complemental recess of a mem ber adapted for movement about the anis of said bond and retained in place by its own resilience; the opposite curved end of said bond being arranged to slide in a comple- Vmental recess in a relatively stationary support.

ln testimony whereof I have aixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` JEREMIAH F. COLLINS. Witnesses:

H. L. RoBBINs, E. Bnronnnnnn. 

